Notizen: Quantum Mechanical Calculation of Collision Integrals for HD

Abstract

The magnetic Senftleben-Beenakker effect of the viscosity is mainly determined by two collision integrals of the linearized quantum mechanical Waldmann-Snider collision term, viz. by the relaxation coefficient of the tensor polarization of the molecular rotational angular momenta and by the coefficient which couples the friction pressure tensor and the tensor polarization. Starting from a simple nonspherical potential for HD, the scattering amplitude is evaluated analytically in first order distorted wave Born approximation and the two collision integrals are calculated for room temperature. A fairly good agreement with experimental values is found.